mike472
New Member
- Oct 22, 2007
- 35
- Boat Info
- 290 Amberjack 2008, Raymarine C120 w/Radar and fishfinder. Kohler 5KW, Teak floors
17"
- Engines
- 6.2 Horizons with ZF V-drives - 320hp
I am considering buying a 370EC and need a 40' slip for it. I am a member of the Great Kills Yacht club in Staten Island, and I am on a wait list for a large slip. I will probably wait another ten years for a crack at one of the larger 40' slips. We store members boats on our club property for the winter.
Having just turned 55 and come into some disposable income I decided to go for the gusto and get a boat I really wanted and that I would keep for a while. I was going for a 290AJ but then after reading some of the threads on this forum (Frank W) got me to look at the 370EC I liked what I saw. I then inquired at SI Boat sales up the street from my club and they informed me that they had slips for 8K for the season, $35 per foot winter storage. They store inwater. On the surface this freaks me out a little, but I don't know that I have many options on SI. I am still investigating.
I would appreciate anyones thoughts on the subject. SI Boat sales looks to be a professional organization and they are the pre-eminent dealer on SI. They have concrete docks and mostly large 40 and up boats that don't lend themselves to be taken in and out of the water very often. I think they have people watching everything, and I have seen many instances of people in my neighboring borough of Brooklyn storing inwater. If in the water do you still shrink the boat or just rely on the canvas? The boat I'm looking at is a hardtop and the cockpit looks pretty protected by it.
Having just turned 55 and come into some disposable income I decided to go for the gusto and get a boat I really wanted and that I would keep for a while. I was going for a 290AJ but then after reading some of the threads on this forum (Frank W) got me to look at the 370EC I liked what I saw. I then inquired at SI Boat sales up the street from my club and they informed me that they had slips for 8K for the season, $35 per foot winter storage. They store inwater. On the surface this freaks me out a little, but I don't know that I have many options on SI. I am still investigating.
I would appreciate anyones thoughts on the subject. SI Boat sales looks to be a professional organization and they are the pre-eminent dealer on SI. They have concrete docks and mostly large 40 and up boats that don't lend themselves to be taken in and out of the water very often. I think they have people watching everything, and I have seen many instances of people in my neighboring borough of Brooklyn storing inwater. If in the water do you still shrink the boat or just rely on the canvas? The boat I'm looking at is a hardtop and the cockpit looks pretty protected by it.